Cable ops

Cable operations are in progress until August 31 in an area off French Guiana; one mile berth requested.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 640/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-08 17:45Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-06-30 13:03Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-01 14:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2026-06-30 13:03Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-09-01 00:01Z
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 5.762, -51.201
nearest port: Cayenne · 84 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
FRENCH GUIANA.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 AUG
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   05-48.42N 051-29.96W, 05-50.32N 051-27.42W,
   05-52.51N 051-25.07W, 05-53.20N 051-24.58W,
   05-54.13N 051-23.64W, 05-55.17N 051-22.16W,
   06-03.26N 051-04.52W, 06-07.98N 050-38.64W,
   06-07.96N 050-11.71W, 05-07.65N 052-07.78W,
   05-18.45N 051-59.35W, 05-24.77N 051-53.68W,
   05-25.27N 051-53.28W, 05-31.16N 051-47.95W,
   05-31.67N 051-47.61W, 05-34.43N 051-45.16W,
   05-36.55N 051-43.12W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010001Z SEP 26.

Reading this warning

Cable operations: A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

184 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 00:23Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.